Navies of the world

by Edward W. Very

NAVIES of THE WORLD;

GIVING CONCISE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE

Plans, Armament and Armor

OF THE

NAVAL VESSELS

OF

TWENTY OF THE PRINCIPAL NATIONS.

TOGETHER WITH THE

Latest Developments in Ordnance, Torpedoes,
and Naval Architecture,

AND A CONCISE SUMMARY OF THE

PRINCIPAL NAVAL BATTLES OF THE LAST TWENTY YEARS,
1860-1880.

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BY
Lieut. EDWARD W. VERY, U.S.N.

NEW YORK:
JOHN WILEY & SONS,
15 Astor Place.
1880.

Copyrighted, 1880, by
JOHN WILEY & SON.